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moil

UK/mɔɪl/ uncommon uk

verb

1.

work hard

  • “She was digging away at her math homework”
  • “Lexicographers drudge all day long”
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2.

be agitated

  • “the sea was churning in the storm”
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3.

moisten or soil

  • “Her tears moiled the letter”

Origin

From Middle English mollen (“to soften by wetting”), borrowed from Old French moillier with the same meaning, from Vulgar Latin *molliō, *molliare, from mollis (“soft”).

Phrases

  • mold seam
  • pontil mark
  • toil and moil

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